Advanced Features
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Responding to an Emergency Alarm
Procedure:
When receiving an Emergency Alarm:
1 Press any button to stop all Emergency Alarm received
indications.
2 Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from
your mouth.
If the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled, you
will hear a short alert tone the moment the transmitting radio
releases the PTT button, indicating the channel is now
available for use.
3 Press PTT button to initiate a call with the emergency
initiating radio. The LED lights up solid green. Your radio
remains in the Emergency mode.
4 Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and speak
clearly into the microphone.
5 Release the PTT button to listen. When the emergency
initiating radio responds, the LED blinks green. You see the
Group Call icon, the group ID, and transmitting radio ID on
your display.
6 Once your call ends, short press R, then long press the
programmed Emergency button to clear the Emergency
Call received indications and exit Emergency mode.
7 The radio returns to the Home screen.
Sending an Emergency Alarm
This feature allows you to send an Emergency Alarm, a non-
voice signal, which triggers an alert indication on another radio.
Procedure:
1 Press the programmed Emergency button.
2 The display shows Sending Alarm, which alternates with
your radio ID. The LED lights up solid green and the
Emergency icon appears on the Home screen display.
3 When an Emergency Alarm acknowledgment is received,
the Emergency tone sounds and the LED blinks green. The
display shows Emergency Alarm Successful.
OR
If your radio does not receive an Emergency Alarm
acknowledgement, and after all retries have been
exhausted, a tone sounds and the display shows
Emergency Alarm Failed.
4 Radio exits the Emergency Alarm mode and returns to the
Home screen.
If your radio is set to Silent, it will not display any audio or visual
indicators during Emergency mode.
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